Markus Oehlen

Markus Oehlen (born in 1956, in Krefeld) is a German artist. Oehlen studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Alfonso Hüppi). His is formative participant of the German art movement Neue Wilde. He took part at the group exhibition Von hier aus – Zwei Monate neue deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf in 1984. Oehlen was founding member of the bands Mittagspause, Fehlfarben, Flying Klassenfeind, Vielleichtors, and Van Oehlen. Since 2002, he is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He is the brother of artist, Albert Oehlen.

Collections

Austria

• Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg

Germany

• Kunstraum Grässlin, St. Georgen
• Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
• Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
• Museum Villa Haiss, Zell am Harmersbach
• Sammlung Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
• Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm
• Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn

USA

• Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO

Turkey

• Proje4L / Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul

External links

• http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/1609/lang/1
• http://www.haah.de/english/markus_oehlen/abbildungen.html
• http://www.galerie-graesslin.de/bilder/moehlen/moehlen-1neu.htm